Strata Management Act 2013: JMB, MC and Committee Duties
Most people who end up running a Joint Management Body or a Management Corporation are volunteers, elected at an AGM because nobody else put their hand up, not property professionals. This one-day programme is built for exactly that audience: committee members, property managers, developers and building management staff who need to understand their duties under the Strata Management Act 2013 without a semester of property law.
The day stays practical rather than theoretical by design, since most committee members are giving up their own time rather than being paid to attend. It covers how a JMB forms and when it transitions to a Management Corporation, what a committee member's duties actually are day to day, how to run maintenance and sinking fund collection without ending up personally exposed, common property and by-law enforcement, and what happens when a dispute ends up at the Strata Management Tribunal.
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Programme Agenda
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome and Programme Overview
Introduction to the session, objectives, and housekeeping.
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
The Act's Scope and the JMB to MC Transition
What the Strata Management Act 2013 covers and which stratified developments fall under it, how a Joint Management Body is formed when a development is handed over, and the conditions and process for transitioning from a JMB to a Management Corporation once the strata titles are issued.
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Committee Member Duties and the Standard of Care Expected
What a JMB or MC committee member is actually responsible for once elected, the standard of care the Act and the courts expect even from an unpaid volunteer, and the decisions a committee should document rather than decide informally.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Maintenance and Sinking Fund Management
Setting and collecting maintenance charges and sinking fund contributions, what the sinking fund may and may not be spent on, budgeting and the annual general meeting approval process, and the audit and record-keeping expectations that protect a committee if contributions are later challenged.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Common Property and By-Law Enforcement
Defining and managing common property, the house rules and by-laws a development can impose, and enforcing them consistently enough to survive a challenge, including the difference between a by-law a committee can enforce and one it cannot.
2:20 PM - 3:15 PM
Strata Dispute Resolution
The route a strata dispute actually takes, from mediation to the Strata Management Tribunal, the kinds of disputes the Tribunal hears, and what a committee or an owner should have on file before a dispute is filed.
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Workshop: Committee Decision Scenarios
Participants work through a set of real-style committee decisions, covering a disputed sinking fund expense, a by-law enforcement complaint and a maintenance arrears case, and agree how each should be handled and documented.
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Wrap-Up and Q&A
Key takeaways, next steps, and close.
Key Outcomes
- Explain how a JMB is formed and the conditions for transitioning to a Management Corporation
- Describe a committee member's duties and the standard of care expected under the Act
- Run maintenance and sinking fund collection with documentation that would withstand a challenge
- Manage common property and enforce by-laws consistently
- Identify when a dispute should go to the Strata Management Tribunal and what to have on file first
- Apply the day's framework to realistic committee decisions
Training Mode Physical / Online / Hybrid / e-learning
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Level Foundation. For JMB and MC committee members, property managers, developers and building management staff. No prior legal background assumed.
Duration 1 Day (8 Hours) | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Venue In-house at the client's premises, or delivered via the client's preferred platform (Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or equivalent)
Assessment A committee decision scenario workshop plus a short knowledge check
Certificate Certificate of Completion issued to all participants upon full attendance